Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged!

Do you know what the most MISQUOTED VERSE in the entire Bible is?

Yep!  Matthew 7:1, "Judge not lest ye be judged." 

Have you ever had that verse thrown in your face as you are trying to explain the Gospel?  Or while you are debating someone on gay marriage or homosexual behavior?  Or when you try and tell someone that porn is damaging to your mind and body?  Or when you say that drugs, including pot, should not be legalized regardless of how many godless people shout for it?

As you can guess, I have had that verse thrown at me numerous times.  Most recently by an atheist in my family who had posted a Dalai Lama quote to his Facebook site.

Here is how the interaction went;

Relatives post on FaceBook;  "Quote from Dalai Lama; 'People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.  Just because they're not on your road does not mean they are lost."

My reply;  ""For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” -Jesus-

Relative;  "Ahhhh...the irony... "

My reply;  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Relative;  Doubling down on irony, eh? :)

Me;  "Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!" -Jesus- : )

Relative;  "Judge not lest you be judged. Matt 7:1. Why do you look at the speck of dust in your brothers eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Luke 6:41 :)

And there it is!!  I could feel that he was getting ready to pull it out!  I knew it was one of the ONLY VERSES he knew in the Bible!  I know that he is living a lifestyle without Christ and that HE WANTS TO KEEP living exactly as HE CHOOSES without ANY REGARD to his Creator!  He wants to live like the Dalai Lama says....doing ANYTHING that makes you happy...and how can that be wrong??

So when ever you get close to pointing out the Truth of what Jesus said about "No one comes to the Father except through me."....it drives them crazy!...and they get ready to draw out JUDGE NOT like a cowboy pulls his pistol in a Western movie!!

So....I attached this website in my next post which clearly shows what the Bible actually says about judging.  WE ARE SUPPOSED TO JUDGE!!  Otherwise there would be NO CRIMINALS, RAPISTS OR MURDERERS who would ever go to jail....because they would just throw "Don't judge lest ye be judged" into the courtroom and have to be released!

So maybe some of you can use this to arm yourselves with the FULL WORD OF GOD the next time someone misquotes this verse.

The most misquoted verse in the Bible is probably Matthew 7:1, "Judge not that ye be not judged." We hear this verse multiple times a day. At Troy State University in Alabama, a professor we met even said that it was one of the Ten Commandments. Too often we have heard sincere, misinformed Christians and unbelievers alike say, "I don’t want to judge anybody, but..." Ironically, the one who screams "judge not" is often the one passing judgment on you!

Here;  http://www.cfirecm.com/QandA/Judge%20Not%20Lest%20Ye%20Be%20Judged.htm

Also folks, we all need to remember that when we are debating FOR JESUS CHRIST....we need to have love in our thoughts and words.  These people are LOST....just like WE WERE BEFORE CHRIST SAVED US!!  So everyone be ready to defend your faith...but be praying for the person you are debating with.  Who knows?  You may be the one who is delivering the Words of eternal life to that lost soul?